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TechCrunch50: Which company will win Best in Show?
Yammer takes Best in Show prize
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/10/yammer-takes-techcrunch50s-top-prize
Background:
TechCrunch50, the start-up launch conference brought to you by Mike Arrington, TechCrunch and Jason Calacanis kicks off today. From the 52 hot technology companies that unveil themselves to the world there, only one can win the $50,000 Best in Show prize. Despite sounding more like a dog prize than a coveted industry accolade, all 52 companies will be clamoring to be the chosen ones and join Aaron Patzer, last year's winner with Mint, on the Internet start-up A list.
You can see all the companies and their ideas here: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/08/announcing-the-techcrunch50-finalists/
Get up to the minute TechCrunch50 buzz aggregated here: http://www.youcit.com/techcrunch50/
Which do you think will win it?
Please scroll down to see all 52 options
* one company will be picked by attendees from the Demo Pit
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.
Current top options (scroll down for all options)
| OtherInBox |
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| Akoha |
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| GoodGuide |
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| Adgregate Markets |
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| Yammer |
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| Swype |
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| VideoSurf |
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| Shattered Reality Interactive |
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| Birdpost |
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| Closet Couture |
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- Predictions: 2101 |
Comments: 20
Suspend date: Wed 10th Sep 2008 4:59pm PST
Settlement date: Wed 10th Sep 2008 7:06pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Wed 10th Sep 2008 4:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
Initial likelihoods: Blah Girls: 2%, Tweegee: 2%, Shryk: 2%, Hangout Industries: 2%, DotSpots: 2%, Angstro: 2%, LiveHit: 2%, Quant the News: 2%, FairSoftware: 2%, Yammer: 2%, Connective Logic: 2%, Devunity: 2%, OpenTrace: 2%, Burt: 2%, Adgregate Markets: 2%, Adrocket: 2%, OtherInBox: 2%, Tingz: 2%, MIXTT: 2%, Imindi: 2%, Popego: 2%, PersonalRIA: 2%, Emerginvest: 2%, ExchangeP: 2%, Me-trics: 2%, iCharts: 2%, Mytopia: 2%, Tonchidot: 2%, Mobclix: 2%, FitBit: 2%, Alfabetic: 2%, Postbox: 2%, Swype: 2%, DropBox: 2%, VideoSurf: 2%, GazoPa: 2%, Fotonauts: 2%, Bojam: 2%, Grockit: 2%, Akoha: 2%, Atmosphir: 2%, PlaYce: 2%, Birdpost: 2%, Closet Couture: 2%, Footnote: 2%, Causecast: 2%, Shattered Reality Interactive: 2%, GoodGuide: 2%, GoPlanit: 2%, TrueCar: 2%, Goodrec: 2%, Demo Pit company*: 2%
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: Yammer takes Best in Show prize
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/10/yammer-takes-techcrunch50s-top-prize
Suspend date: Wed 10th Sep 2008 4:59pm PST
Settlement date: Wed 10th Sep 2008 7:06pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Wed 10th Sep 2008 4:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details 
Get widget!All options
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| Akoha |
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| Angstro |
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| Birdpost |
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| Bojam |
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| Burt |
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| Devunity |
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| DotSpots |
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| DropBox |
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| FitBit |
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| Footnote |
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| GazoPa |
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| Goodrec |
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| GoPlanit |
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| Grockit |
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| iCharts |
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| Imindi |
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| LiveHit |
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| Me-trics |
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| MIXTT |
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| Mobclix |
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| Mytopia |
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| OtherInBox |
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| PlaYce |
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| Popego |
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| Postbox |
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| Shryk |
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| Swype |
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| Tingz |
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| TrueCar |
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| Tweegee |
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| Yammer |
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Predictions (2101)
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predicted Swype (H$2 at 1%)
predicted OtherInBox (H$500 at 69%)Comments (20)
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http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech/article4698147.ece
I wonder if the people who are joining up and putting all their money on their own product realize that they are creating negative karma for themselves here. It's like prediction spam -- they're pammers ;-).
Personally, although I'm not big on web advertising at all, I found this presentation by Adregate excellent. It's almost a textbook lesson in how to present your start-up in 6 minutes. He's confident yet not smarmy, and by the end you know exactly what they do, and why it's a smart idea. Listen to how the experts speak to him at the end. With genuine respect. http://www.techcrunch50.com/2008/conference/presenter.php?presenter=58
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/08/peter-thiel-best-predictor-of-startup-success-is-low-ceo-pay/
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